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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6851280 | Method of making a halogen lamp and other analogous lamps and objects, and apparatus for the manufacture thereof The present invention generally relates to a method of making halogen lamps and halogen lamp bulbs, as well as other analogous lamps and objects. The present invention also relates to apparatus used in a method of making halogen lamps and halogen lamp bulbs, as well... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6108989 | Wall partition system and a device for securing a wall partition system A movable wall comprises individual suspended door and/or wall elements. The individual elements are automatically locked both to one another and in the floor. For this purpose, in a base profile which is fastened to the underside of the elements, there i... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6085652 | Ink fountain with a fountain roller in the inking mechanism of printing presses An ink fountain with an ink-duct roller in the inking mechanism of printing presses, with a device for filling printing ink into the ink fountain, is described. The device for filling ink is mounted on a sled so that it can be moved back and forth in the ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6074620 | Method for the cleaning of exhaust gas and prevention of explosions therein A powdered medium for the cleaning of exhaust gases, e,g. smoke and gases from industrial chimneys, employing the principle of dry adsorption, which includes a mixture of activated cokes with inert materials which have no dust explosiveness To prepare a m... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6055882 | Twist-grip shifter for bicycles A twist-grip shifter for bicycles having a twist grip, which twist grip includes an outer grip part and an inner twist part. The twist grip has an area with a small diameter, a transitional area, and an area with a large diameter, and the twist grip can b... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6048014 | Sanitary pop-up ice cream cone dispenser and handling device and a method of use thereof The object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the known devices and methods for handling ice cream cones by providing a simple re-usable sanitary ice cream cone handling device which is quick, easy, and convenient to use and does... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6042133 | Index shifter for bicycle transmissions An index shifter for a bicycle transmission, which index shifter is mounted on a part of a bicycle and has a casing, a locking element with notches which is connected to a rotary hand grip, and a winding drum for actuating a cable pull. The casing has a r... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6012389 | Ink fountain for rotary offset printing presses An ink fountain for rotary offset printing presses with an ink dosing device which includes of a plurality of zone-width dosing elements located next to one another in close proximity. The dosing elements have support and dosing areas, and the support are... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6010379 | Exhaust gas system for ocean-going vessels, preferably for military purposes In an exhaust gas system for ocean-going vessels, preferably for military purposes, that are equipped with at least one internal combustion engine and at least one gas turbine, the exhaust gases from the gas turbine and the exhaust gases from the internal... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6000508 | Vibration damper and a damping valve with adjustable damping force for a vibration damper A damping valve, in particular for a vibration damper, including a cylinder filled with damping medium in which a piston rod with a piston is housed. The piston rod can move axially and the piston divides the cylinder into two working chambers. The dampin... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5983572 | Roof tie-down support member A roof tie-down arrangement for preventing damage to a roof during high wind conditions of the type in which force is applied to hold down the roof via at least one cable and at least one support member. The support member has a pair of support legs for r... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5967710 | Drilling tool for drilling in solid metal Proposed is a drilling tool for drilling in solid material, having a base body (1) containing chip flutes (5, 5a) and at least two interchangeable inserts (3, 3a) at the face of the base body (1). The inserts are arranged on the base body at different rad... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5937988 | Throttle device for hydraulic actuator systems and for hydraulic actuator systems of clutches of motor vehicles A throttle device for the directionally-dependent influencing of the flow velocity of the fluid in hydraulic actuator systems, in particular of friction clutches in motor vehicles, with a throttle located between a master cylinder and a slave cylinder in ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5927457 | Pressure plate arrangement for a motor vehicle friction clutch with automatic wear compensation A motor vehicle friction clutch with automatic wear compensation has a wear compensation element, which wear compensation element can rotate around a clutch axis. The friction clutch also includes an adjustment device, which adjustment device includes a w... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924347 | Splitting apparatus for splitting coils of metal such as steel and aluminum and coils of other materials into strips The invention relates to a cutter assembly for slitting of coils of relatively large width into one coil of desired width or into several coils. The material for slitting is preferably metal, for example steel or aluminum, but coils of other material can ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5905631 | Low-voltage switchgear assembly for the output or distribution of electrical energy Guide members to guide the guide edges of plug-in units upon insertion of the plug-in units into the U-shaped bus duct of a low voltage switchgear assembly. The guide fittings are arranged on the inside of the side legs of the U-shaped bus duct, and the p... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5901992 | Electromechanical locking mechanism for door leaves having a door closing device An electromechanical locking mechanism for door leaves whose holding force can be adjusted continuously and which at the same time offers the possibility, when the locking mechanism is energized, of also releasing the closed door from and returning it to ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5899308 | Friction clutch for a motor vehicle A friction clutch with a flywheel and a clutch housing has the flywheel and clutch housing connected to one another by means of a preferably cylindrical wall located in the radially outer portion of the clutch housing. The cylindrical wall can extend in a... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5898148 | Coil shaped terminal for an electrodynamically operated circuit breaker A switch has at least one fixed and one moving contact located on a contact arm. The fixed contact is connected to a loop-shaped conductor segment, such that when current flows through the conductor segment, there is an electrodynamic magnetic force which... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5896814 | Ink dosing device for inking units of printing presses An ink dosing device for inking units of printing presses has several dosing elements that are adjustable independently of one another. The dosing elements are provided for over the length of an ink fountain, whereby each dosing element shows a dosing are... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5894800 | Device for washing outer cylindrical surfaces of a rotary printing press A device for washing outer cylindrical surfaces of a rotary printing machine is disclosed. The device uses a washing cloth which is unwound from a supply roll and, via a pressing-on rail, supplied to a take-up roll. The washing cloth is pressable by the p... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5895031 | Hydraulically damping engine mounting A hydraulically damping engine mounting for mounting a drive unit. Two fastening parts are connected to one another by way of an elastic element. A decoupling device is integrated with one of the fastening parts. The internal chamber formed by the fasteni... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5884557 | Damping unit for offset presses A damping unit for offset presses, which damping unit has a tipping roller which is immersed in a damping solution pan, a metering roller associated with the tipping roller, and a form roller which applies the damping solution to a printing plate of a pla... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5884959 | Impact-absorbing damping device Impact-absorbing damping device which has at least two telescoping tubes, in particular for motor vehicles, to decelerate a vehicle when it collides with an obstacle by damping and/or spring forces, whereby the cavity of at least one tube is provided with... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5878856 | Flywheel device with a system of plain bearings A flywheel device has at least two inertial masses which can rotate relative to one another against the action of elastic elements of a damping device, one of which inertial masses, namely the output-side inertial mass which is farther from a drive system... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878669 | Cleaning device provided on a rotary printing machine A cleaning device provided on a rotary printing machine for cleaning the outer cylindrical surfaces of cylinders includes a pressing-on bar for pressing a cleaning cloth on a respective outer cylindrical surface, adjusting elements for engaging the pressi... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5876689 | Process for the manufacture of milk of lime During the manufacture of milk of lime by the suspension of lime hydrate which has a large specific surface and was manufactured with the use of organic solvents and/or organic additives, a stable foam forms which can cause problems in the equipment. This... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5873683 | Boring tool A drilling tool, in particular a drill, has replaceable cutting elements that form the cutting edges, and chip-removing flutes. A chip shaping area (22) at least partially made of a more wear-resistant material than the drill body itself is arranged next ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5865497 | Pneumatic strut for a motor vechicle Vehicle including a body component and an additional body part, particularly a hatch door, which is movably mounted on the body component. The hatch door can be mounted on a power-assisted pivoting axis by means of a pneumatic spring or strut hinged by co... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5862893 | Fluid strut for a motor vehicle Fluid strut which consists of a cylinder, the interior of which contains a charge under pressure, and a piston rod connected to a piston located in this interior. On the end of the cylinder where the piston rod exits, there are a gasket and a guide for th... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5862630 | Door closer A hydraulic servo door closer in which the fixed coupling between the energy storage mechanism and the door piston has been neutralized. The fixed coupling is neutralized by the use of spring pistons which are pressurized by the closing spring, in additio... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5860502 | Hydraulically operated clutch assembly for a motor vehicle having a detachable plug-type connector A detachable plug-type connector, in particular for the connection of a pressure line to a hydraulic cylinder with a pin-shaped inner part, which pin-shaped inner part can be inserted in a boring of an outer part. Between the outer part and the inner part... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5860498 | Shock absorber for a motor vehicle A shock absorber for a motor vehicle has a single-tube construction with an adjustable damping force. The shock absorber includes a cylinder tube and a piston rod guide inside which a piston rod with a piston is located so that the piston can move axially... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5857412 | Ink dosing device for a printing press An ink dosing device in the inking unit of rotary or offset printing press is disclosed with an inking roller which corresponds to an ink fountain. The ink dosing device also has dosing elements which are divided into zones. The dosing elements can be adj... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857665 | Self-pumping hydropneumatic shock absorbing strut with internal level regulation Self-pumping hydropneumatic shock absorbing strut with internal level regulation, in particular for motor vehicles, with a work cylinder which is filled with oil, is under the pressure of at least one gas cushion which is located in at least one high pres... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5848677 | Vibration damper for a motor vehicle and a piston cylinder assembly; such as for a vibration damper for a motor vehicle A piston cylinder assembly which includes a work cylinder, a piston and a piston rod, which piston rod carries the piston and extends out of the work cylinder in a sealed manner, as well as a ring-shaped equalization chamber formed by two tubes is disclos... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848676 | Shock absorbing strut with an aluminum container for a motor vehicle A vibration damper for a motor vehicle is taught, which vibration damper has a cylinder tube in which a piston rod which is centered by a piston rod guide can move axially. A container tube encloses the cylinder tube, and the container tube is made of a m... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5845576 | Method of controlling a vibrator roller in a printing press A method of controlling a vibrator roller in a printing press during printing press stops and printing starts is disclosed. The cycle of the vibrator roller is controlled as a function of the point of time at which the vibrator roller contacts the ink fou... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5847272 | Function testing device for an actuator system such as a automatic friction clutch used with a motor vehicle gearbox To be able to verify the function of the actuator system of an automatic clutch or of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle as a function of the current conditions, including while the motor vehicle is in motion is necessary, the invention teaches ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5841122 | Security structure with electronic smart card access thereto with transmission of power and data between the smart card and the smart card reader performed capacitively or inductively A device and a method for manufacturing the device for the wireless retrieval of information, in which the energy and data are transmitted between the response station and the inquiry station capacitively or inductively. The capacitances and inductances a... | 11/24/1998 |
